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Two alternating Auckland City Councillor's Lotu Fuli and Shane Henderson tell us the latest in Council news every Thursday on The Wire. 

City Counselling w/ Shane Henderson: September 16, 2022

City Counselling w/ Shane Henderson: September 16, 2022 City Counselling w/ Shane Henderson: September 16, 2022, 14.92 MB
Fri 16 Sep 2022

Earlier this week the City Rail Link reached a milestone, breaking through the end of its final tunnel.

The tunnel boring machine created space for the new rail system by breaking through fifteen metres of cement per day. 

The machine was Named after Dame Whina Cooper, the Maori Rights activist who led the hikoi to parliament. 

For this week’s segment of City Counselling, I had a chat with Shane Henderson about the City Rail Link milestone as well as the 2022 Mayoral conservation awards.

 

City Counselling w/ Pippa Coom: September 9th, 2022

City Counselling w/ Pippa Coom: September 9th, 2022 City Counselling w/ Pippa Coom: September 9th, 2022, 18.13 MB
Fri 9 Sep 2022

The White Lady food truck has recently had it’s licence extended by twelve months by the Auckland Council. 

This came after weeks of tension, due to a complaint against the white lady being made by a store that operates nearby it. 

The store complained about rubbish being left on the street, and of drunk customers loitering nearby.

This led to The White Lady having it’s licence restricted, which saw major backlash to the council for punishing struggling local businesses.

Liam had a chat with Auckland City Councillor Pippa Coom about the licence renewal, as well as various other efforts to revitalise the city centre.

 

City Counselling w/ Shane Henderson: September 2nd, 2022

City Counselling w/ Shane Henderson: September 2nd, 2022 City Counselling w/ Shane Henderson: September 2nd, 2022, 17.6 MB
Fri 2 Sep 2022

Submissions have just recently opened for the Auckland Unitary Plan, a new set of rules and guidelines for construction in Auckland. 

This can see wider ability for more dense housing to be built in areas closer to the city centre, and near public transport.

To learn more, Liam spoke to councillor Shane Henderson for our regular city counselling segment. 

They also later spoke about getting young folks involved in local elections. 

 

City Counselling w/ Pippa Coom: August 26th, 2022

City Counselling w/ Pippa Coom: August 26th, 2022 City Counselling w/ Pippa Coom: August 26th, 2022, 13.32 MB
Fri 26 Aug 2022

Auckland's mayoral elections and getting closer and closer, and the beliefs of some candidates have been called into question by commentators.

Many have pointed out candidates who have links to conspiracy groups, and others have criticised the policy of larger candidates such as Viv Beck.  

Liam had a chat with city councillor Pippa Coom about her take on the candidates, as well as her thoughts on the Transport Emissions Reduction Pathway.

 

City Counselling w/ Shane Henderson: August 19th, 2022

City Counselling w/ Shane Henderson: August 19th, 2022 City Counselling w/ Shane Henderson: August 19th, 2022, 14.5 MB
Fri 19 Aug 2022

Auckland Council has recently released their transport emissions reduction plan.

This is looking to both increase the reliability of public transport and its sustainable practices over the next eight years.

To learn more, Liam spoke to Shane Henderson on our regular city counselling segment to learn more about the changes.

 

City Counselling w/ Pippa Coom: August 12, 2022

City Counselling w/ Pippa Coom: August 12, 2022 City Counselling w/ Pippa Coom: August 12, 2022, 16.3 MB
Fri 12 Aug 2022

The deadline for nominations to run for local body elections has just ended mere minutes ago at 12pm.

Signs have been popping up around Tāmaki Makaurau, as the beginning of prep work for the upcoming decision begins.

Liam spoke to Pippa Coom about the election, as well as changes to housing regulations beforehand, on our regular City Counselling segment.

 

City Counselling w/Shane Henderson: August 5th 2022

City Counselling w/Shane Henderson: August 5th 2022 City Counselling w/Shane Henderson: August 5th 2022, 16.3 MB
Fri 5 Aug 2022

Auckland Council's recent planning committee meeting took place last night. 

The focus was on mass housing reforms, which could see rates of housing re-intensification rise across Tamaki Makaurau. 

To learn more about the decisions made, Trishil took over the segment from Liam this week and spoke with councillor Shane Henderson on our regular City Counselling segment. The conversation touched on the pay rise for bus drivers in Auckland in a measure to combat staff shortages.

 

City Counselling w/ Pippa Coom: July 29th, 2022

City Counselling w/ Pippa Coom: July 29th, 2022 City Counselling w/ Pippa Coom: July 29th, 2022, 15.24 MB
Fri 29 Jul 2022

Auckland Council's next planning committee meeting is taking place next Thursday. 

The topics list includes a decision on mass housing reforms, which could see rates of housing intensification rise across Tamaki Makaurau. 

To learn more about what this means, Liam had a chat with councillor Pippa Coom on our regular City Counselling segment, also chatting to her about the upcoming mayoral race.

 

City Counselling w/ Shane Henderson: July 22nd, 2022

City Counselling w/ Shane Henderson: July 22nd, 2022 City Counselling w/ Shane Henderson: July 22nd, 2022, 12.27 MB
Fri 22 Jul 2022

The effects of public transport cancellations have been felt across Tamaki Makaurau in recent days.

As Auckland transport deals with major staff shortages due to the covid wave, with over a thousand routes being cancelled per week.

Liam had a chat with Councillor Shane Henderson about the cancellation, as well as a new tsunami evacuation map that’s always been launched.

They started by asking about how the council is trying to tackle the mass route cancellations.  

City Counselling w/ Pippa Coom: July 15, 2022

City Counselling w/ Pippa Coom: July 15, 2022 City Counselling w/ Pippa Coom: July 15, 2022, 16.43 MB
Fri 15 Jul 2022

The High Court has ruled in favour of Auckland Transport in a case brought against the council managed organisation by All Aboard Aotearoa.

The case was over Auckland Transport’s Regional Land Transport Plan or RLTP which would lead to a 6% increase in transport emissions in Auckland.

For our fortnightly chat with Auckland City counsellor Pippa Coom, as part of our regular city counselling segment Casper and Pippa discussed the RLTP case as well as an update on the local election process.